The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

THE DERBY.—RACE GL ASSES (the best), at CALL AG HAN 'S, 23A, New bond-street, W., corner ot Conduit-street. N.B.—bole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Frcm this time until the end of the season there will be four opera nigiits in each week, viz., every Monday, atahaday, Thursday, and h atit rday. 31d113. Battu—Sig. Graziani—Herr Schmid —Sig. Wachtel. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), May 21, wal be performed Rossini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, 31 dile. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame Ruder: , dorif; Melah . al, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Leutoldo, Signor Fallar ; Ge:sler, ;_signor Tagliafico ; Un Pescatore, Signor Neni- araldi ; Ro doTho, Signor Rossi ; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel. _ Conductor, Mr. Costa. La Tyro Heine w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Salvioal, 3ldlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 7e., and ss. amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had t th box-offic , under the portico of the theatre, which is (Ten from ten to live, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DRUR 1-1. AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and I'. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Alter which, Shakapere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. I'lli , .LPS. Mr. W a lt er Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. i 4 ddiso ,, , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. FitZiaraefil, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, Mas Leclercq, »nd Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET. - ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which. DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Ales dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, IN elly i'ower, Hill, Wright, goers, &c. To coneude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. p Mr. FECHT ER will perform HAMLEP TO-MORROW Y.V.6.NING. Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,-.Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Al ias M. Ben, ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half past 7, and Hamht com mences at 8. The whole profits of the eveninz will be dieded between the National liakspere k.ommittee and the Dramatic Col- Je;e .`.. , ch00l Fund. _ _ Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 11th will be available on Satur day, the 2, st. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesce and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick 3lurray. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. AUrston ; Juliet, 3ldlle. Stella Colas. EW THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHL-. sole Proortotor and Manager, M. B. Webster. 1 (.11 Last Week but three of ihe Groat Trazediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of L-EAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S .H 0 tJ S EL: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billie ;tun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; rs. To coaclude with THE AREA BELLE : Sressrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, rt. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MAN. - L E A AL EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den kiLtil further notice. In order ,o give due effect t' tie most remarkable suczes4 of the se,son, esiireT new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Hanson and :ons, and Thomps,.n. New dr, ss,B and appo utments have be,n prepare for its productiot.—N. ts. In consequence of the nriressing and numerous applications at the Isox-offix, ar =gement,. have tow been made by which Seats in, y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advan..e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The highly successful new Comedy, by Dis,n Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the copular n,mes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. PAW. Bediord, Mr. I'. Robinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Tl,rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs; Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stir.ing,. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE iIDIN:24. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 5, an entirely new and ori2inal Comely. in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE, haracters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews 3! r:J. Clarke, .Ir. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash e7,T, Mr. W. Chain er- Line ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta ,!..-:inns (her first alai, earance , here). At t OUT OF SIAIT OUT OP MIND. Mr. Charles .111ailiews and Mr. Frank it atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : M. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs, Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. ; THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF' lIONOUR. After which (loth time) MAZOLTRKA. Meesrs. Honey, Turner, (tc. ; Marie Wilton, t-impson, To conclude with MARGATE SAN DS. Commence at 7. COALS.—Iao lALLESHALL, COMPANY'S COALS'. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton. Top 23i. 11 Tut 5........ lBs. „ De. p ...215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots. Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, south Wharf, Paddington, W.. and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Textms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, San be had Every Evening of _ GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught -terrace. Ilyde-park. Th© Weather—Sun Office, May 20, 1864. --~-- - THE,RMOIIETER. .. 73 This morning a t Ni ne o ' clock 80 Tais clay at T wo o'clock Barometer-30.19. Wind—S.lV.; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER. AN LONDON BRIDGE. rFris DAy.—Morning, lh. 4 m . — Afternoon, lh. 28m. ro-Kon3ow.-Morning, lh. 46 m. — Afternoon, 2h. Bm. „.., ~ • 71• A, L ,-W,:7 Aii ::_se LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1864. - ,OP-- --- Glimpses are caught again through the frag- mentary telegrams from America of yet additional successes on the part of the Confederates. Un- fortunately the accounts by this mail are more than ever what we htLve just termed them, fragmentary. But even coming tons incoherently, as they do, they are as clearly as possible against the Federals, and for the Confederates. The most im- p , rtant announcement of all is the ono to the effect that Gcneral BANKS, on his retreat from Grand Xcere to Alexandria, was attacked by the Confede 'rat"is ro,r4e at Cane river, suffering heavily. `Thirteen tritusPorto, we are told, ware blown np to prevent their captura by the rebels. Besides which it is added, more in detail, that G en, KIRBY SMITH, ICI L. cTicial report of the Red River battles, claims to have taken from BANKS 4,000 prisoners, 2 , ,500 wounded, 8,000 stand of arms, 35 pieces of artillery, 2,000 mules, and 230 waggons. Again, d o we not read in another portion of these tele- gra /133 that the rebels Under :MAItIVADUKE were n ported to hare attacked and captured General SVEELE'S supp!y train of 240 waggons, 7 p i eces of cauncn, and the entire escort of 1,000 naeo The foremost biate rn en t of all b?ing to the Effect that the Array of the Potomac advanced on the 3d inst., on the 4th crossing the Rapidan at Ely's, Jacob's, Culpepper, Germania, and United States fords. Although, as is stated, the ac counts of preliminary operations are very eonfFct ing,it is tolerably well proved that the 5 h Now Ylrk Cavatry, skirmishing off the Orange Court House road near Perkins, were driven in with severe loss, and that Gen n division,which was thrown forward to feel the rebel position, encountered the rebels under Gen. A. P. HILL. A fight is reported to have ther:upon ensucd, in which the F,derals took 300 prisoners, but lest two guns. Further particulars, however, may be looked for confidently in a day or two—possibly tomorrow, probably on Sunday, for certain not later than Monday —when the Canard steamship now awaited shall have arrived. The first occasion on which His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES presided at a public dinner was on Wednesday last, when he took the chair at the Royal Literary Fund. It is a gratifying re flection that so distinguished an honour should be conferred on this society, and it seems a gracious and graceful tribute to the claims of literature that a society formed for its service should be selected as the one which was thus particularised in a re markable degree. This society has always been fortunate in its choice of chairman at its anniver sary festivals, On many occasions the most bril liant and conspicuous men of letters of the day have come forward, and there is something very pleasing to mark their efforts thus to render assist ance to a society which is formed to be of use to their brethren who, treading the same path as themselves, have not been so fortunate in their career nor so favoured in their circumstances. The presence of the Prince of WALES on this occasion was a happy omen fcr the prosperity of the insti tution, and it is to be trusted that many influential personages will not be backward in following the example thus set them frcm so high a quarter. We know there are many who will always follow in the wake of royalty or fashion who will not trouble themselves to take up the cause of worth or to study the merits of a case for themselves. It was a bril liant sight which met the view of his royal highness when he assumed his new duties, and surely it is time to expect that the dreary fate once supposed to appertain peculiarly to authors is past when the heir to the throne thus comes forward to do honour and render service to the So ciety which has for aim and object the noble endeavour to foster struggling talent, and to succour decayed genius. His Royal Highness war able to were the meeting that their patron, the QUEEN, still felt a concern in their welfare, and that all the charitable institutions of the country were ever a source of interest to her. This intelligence coming from so undoubted an authority was doubtless wel come tidings for his auditory, and thus in some measure his Royal Highness may fill up the blank that is so deeply felt through the QUEEN'S con tinued seclusion. It is difficult to persuade people that those retired from public gaze, and withdrawn from active participation in the stirring incidents of life, are still interested in the general affairs of existence, and keep up the attention that in happier moments they were distinguished for feeling. The Prince of WALES, in coming forward on this occa sion, followed the example of his father, who pre sided at the Literary Fund Anniversary at his second appearance in public as a speaker. The deep interest that he felt in all 'matters connected with literature is fresh in the recollection of all, and his son can follow in no better footsteps, if he wishes to gain the regard of the cultivated members of the community. The Prince, with a candour that did him credit, declared that he could not tell them any thing new relating to the Society since he spoke in the presence of those who knew much better than he did the details and distinctive features of its workings. Still in offering the incidental remarks that must perforce be uttered by one in his capacity the illustrious chairman selected some very noticeable peculiarities of the institution which they were then met to consider. In the first place, he particu larised an admirable rule of its management, namely, to draw no line of demarcation between countries, thus enabling those of every land to share the advantages and to pirtiepate in the benefits of its agency. This is the right feeling to display since literature has no creed or country, but in its extent and universality comprises every nation and race. Also the Prince alluded to the secrecy with which the assistance was given. This is a very important element in its workings, and its successful attainment of the desired end must depend, in a great degree, upon this rule being adhered to. Earl RUSSELL performed his part very creditably in proposing "Prosperity to English Literature." The noble lord alluded to several topics in the course of his address, which are well worthy of attentive consideration. He said that it was a pity that English literature was not more studied in our schools, and that a clever man, head master at Eton, said, that they had no,, a suffi ciently good method f teaching Engliej a in that great school. Earl RVSSELL propose;a very wise solu tion to the e.ifficulty, namel: f - that they should a d op t the earl t e system with :Jur own langua ge th at t h ey do with regard to the ancient tongues, and select the works of the best authors for perusal. Of course the noble lord was successful in his oration, and on this theme he was well qualified to give an opinion, since he has always been distinguished for his love for literature. There was great truth in his remark that fictitious personages always ime press themselves upon our mind name vividly than historical characters, when we meet with the former in the works of those skilled artists who impart such force and vitality to their illustrations. The noble lord gave an amusing account of his time being so much engrossed, by saying that he had not made himself acquainted with the " Small House at Allington '• because of the " Great House" in Downing street, which took up so much of his time. The name of Mr. ANTHONY TEOLLOPE was coupled with this toast, and the great success which has marked his literary efforts merited this honour able distinction. Earl STANHOPE, the President of the Institution, made an admirable address, and diversified its course with some quotations which created amusement and excited interest. On the whole this last anniversary must be re gar d e d as a most brilliant success, and it is to be t rus t e d t h at the l en nt i t a the prominence thus afforded t i oth u the merits r those o s ouf able to will be of service in inducing to assist to come forward and render their aid. Few things are more important to the social wel fare and commercial prosperity of a country than the development of the various forms of its a n i ma l life, and it is no wonder that the dwellers in a fertile, but thinly populated, country like Australia should feel anxious to increase the stores and enrich the possessions of their adopted land. Of late years some very important and successful efforts have been made in this direction ; and the report of the pro ceedings of the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, which has just been published, contains an interest account of the prospects of the ing and gratifying association. The committee are undoubtedly fortu tunate in possessing a climate so favourable for their experiments, since there can bo no doubt that Aus tralia iF, as they declare in their report, singularly adapted to a wide range of products. Already they have attain e d unexpecte d success in several impor tant andexperiments, 9 ha a ve ncl fish so; cec e d s with a view e , diiidomiciling numerous animals, birds,to the purposes of the agriculturist, the sportsman, the merchant and manufacturer, and the epicure. The vast debt we owe to the animal kingdom is seldom fully realised; but if we were suddenly to be deprived of all the materials used in daily life which they supply to us in one form or another, a good deal of business would stand still. In Australia the wants of exploring expeditions are always borne in mind, and accordingly an attempt is ':eiog made to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVP.,NING, MAY 20, 1864 acclimatize the camel. A herd was brought from India some time ago, at a cost of £l2O per head—a sufficient proof that these expo ' riments are somewhat serious undertakings. This valuable collection had been drawn upon for so many expeditions that it was likely to become altogether dispersed, or even destroyed. Efforts have lately been made by the Society to collect the scattered members that were saved, and they are now stationed at the Wirimera, where they are breeding regularly. The Committee hope that these useful animals may not only be service able for exploration, but also for carrying the pro duce of remote stations, situated perhaps in those arid and sandy wastes where the want of water is so grievously felt by other beasts of but dm. It is curious to find the camel, whose associations belong to ancient history and the distant East, besoming thus identified with the rough and bustling life of our great Southern Colony, but such transforma tions are not uncommon under the influence of this Society. The alpaca, whose name was hardly known a few years back, has thriven most satisfactorily in its new home. The value of its hair in a commer cial point of view is continually on the increase, and from its peculiar preperties is not likely to lose favour. A little flock of llamas and hybrids has recently been imported into Australia from. England, and, as their numbers have already increased from 19 to 56, there seems no reason to doubt that they will soon form a considerable collection. Various kinds of sheep have been experimented with, and some of them have proved especially adapted to a hot climate ; while goats, both Angora and Cashmere, have been also added to the society's stock with great success. So rich and prosperous a colony as Victoria has a right to think of pleasure as well as business, and accord ingly we find the committee taking into considera tion the wants of future generations of sportsmen. The fallow deer, the Indian elk, and the axis deer, have flourished so well in their new country that they have been turned loose at four different places. The hog deer of India and other specimens of the deer tribe are now in the possession of the society, with a view to their ultimate release into the wilds. The hare, a less distinguished but equally favourite subject for sport, has been turned out on Phillip Island, having been sent out by the Zoological Society of London. In the ornithological depart ment the committee have been especially fortunate. Pheasants, partridges, grouse, the English wild duck, the Egyptian goose, doves, pigeons, curassows, and many other kinds are being domesticated with very satisfactory results. The humbler tribes of feathered creatures have not been forgotten, and it may teach our farmers a useful lesson to learn that a society so learned and wealthy, having dealings with most parts of the civilised world, thinks it worth while to import at considerable expense those little songsters who are here so ruthlessly destroyed, and this not with a view of increasing their specimens or for the sake of their eong,but solely for the bane :it of the agriculturist. Hundreds of industrious farmers, says the committee, have been ruined by the caterpillar, and therefore the thrush, the sky lark, the starling, the chaffinch, and sparrows of every kind have been carefully cultivated, while the linnet, the robin, and several finches are being domiciled by degrees. This is rather different from sparrow clubs and poisoned wheat An important addition to the possession of the colony has been made in the introduction of the Ligurian bee, which has multiplied with a rapidity beyond all expecta tion. In most instances acclimatization is a slow and difficult process, on which much time and labour must be expended before any great results can be hoped for. This is especially the case with the larger animals who only breed once a year, but the success w hich has attended the efforts of the Society in many respects, gives every encourage ment for the future. Australia is especially adapted by its geographical position for the experiments of such a society ; and its connection with the mother country assist its efforts very considerably. We are glad to find that the English Government has afforded valuable aid to the conlinittee, who grate fully acenowledge their ch'; iga tions to them and to private individuals 4 24 many parts of the world. C Ontraf: L et ory Rumours of the Pope's Health, The Moniteur do Soir, of May 19, says :—" Letters received here from Rome to the 14th inst. announce that a great improvement has taken place it the health of the Pope, who was expected soon to resume grantirg audi ences." The Opinione of Turin, May 19, says :—" Letters from Rome to the 16th inst. state that the illness of the Pope has increased in an alarming degree. A secret pontifical bull is said to have been issued, ordering a conclave, com posed only of the cardinals present in Rome, for the election of a successor to Pius IX. before the death of the latter is known to the public." The Morning .Post correspondent, in a letter from Rome, dated May 11, says :—" The Pope's health continues to be unsatisfactory, and the anxiety of his medical advisers is increased by the impatience with which his Holiness, generally of very active habits, submits to the regime of repose which they consider indispensable for his recovery, The Archduke Louis Victor was admitted to the Pope's bedside on Saturday morning for a farewell audience. His imperial royal highness left Rome for Civita Vecchia on Sunday, and was accompanied to the railway station by the Austrian Ambassador and the ex-King and Queen of Naples, Apropos—their Majesties are once more:affection ately reconciled, and are to be seen driving about Rome together, a conjugal example which has been followed by the Count and Countess of Trani. Pio None himself is said to have anted as peace maker between the two estranged couples," LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per the Damascus.) NEW YORK, MAY 7 (Afternoon). No decisive news has beer received from Virginia. General Burnside has joined General Meade. Forrest has been defeated at Bolivar, Tennessee, by Stages, who pursued him into Mississippi. Cotton steady. Brcadstuffs lower. Gold, 71a. premium. The Inman steamer Edinburgh, from New York on tho 7th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 8.50 a.m. to-day. She brings 121 passengers and 789,399 passengers, and proceeded in at s 9 p .2 e o cie s .. m. Sh A e l l a i n w d e e i d L 23 HOLSTEIN. ALTON& MAY 19. It is stated that, in order to prevent the reception of Duke Frederick of Angnstenburg on his visits to places in Holstein having an official character, the Federal Commissioners have instructed the authorities not to receive him. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 20 (Morning). The Constitcrtionnel of to-clay in an article upon the Danish question says :-.... 41 The Dano-German conflict is above all a ques tion of nationalities. The aspirations and interests of the nationalities which gave rise to the conflict should, therefore, bo satisfied by a definitive solu tion. Holstein is German, and half of Schleswig is German. It is therefore not astonishing that a project exists to unite the German pcdrtion of Schleswig with Holstein." The Constitulionnel then i;no we the inconveniences that would arise from the system of a personal union between that new state and Denmark, and oan cludes : nlt appears difficult to understand why the populations ihould not be summoned to decide upon a;Govcrnment, and it is probable that they would then choose a German Sovereign. France has done nothing to bring about this solution, but it is evi dent that it is not in opposition to her policy." BOURSE, May 19.—The market has been more buoyant, and a fair amount of business transacted at an advance. Threes, for the Account, have im proved to 66f. 80c., and Mobilier 1,170 f. Railway Market without animation, and some of the lines are quoted rather lower. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cents 94 Do. end month 3 per Cents 66 75 Do. end month 66 85 Credit Mobilier 1163 75 Do. end month 1175 Bank Shares 3355 Credit Fancier 1265 Roman Italian Loan 69 25 Do. end month 69 70 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian spanish Threes..,, Home Debt Deferred vATB. Cash. Account. BA IL Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Nov ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 578 75 , . 880 - 992 50 .. 995 - 880 - .. 885 - - •• - - 650 - .. 652 40 500 - • . - - 465 - .. 463 75 362 60 ~ 366 25 405 - .. 407 50 633 75 .• 532 50 485 - • , 487 50 572 50 .. 670 - - - .. 270 - INDIA AND CHINA. (By Tolvgraph from Suez.) CALCTJPTA, APRIL 30, Grey shirtings and mule twist quiet. Exchange o❑ London, 2s. 14d. Government Becuritieu, 4 per cents., 95; ditto, 6 ditto, 1052 ; ditto, 6-1- ditto, 113 k. Freight improv ing. BOMBAY, APRIL 30. Money higher. Discount, 15 per cent. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. Government securities, 50 per cents., 112. The London mail of the 3d April arrived here on the 26th inst. CANTON, APRIL 15. Grey shirings, and water twist higher. Tea un changed. Total export to date, 107,000,000 lbs. Exchange on London, 4s. 91d. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. Tea, nothing doing. Silk lower. Settlements during the fortnight, 380 bake. Exchange on London, 6s. §id, CHINA. DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIALISTS-MAJOR GORDON WOUNDED. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. The Imperialists have been repulsed at Kintang. Major Gordon was wounded, and several of his officers were killed or taken prisoners. The Imperialists are recovering from this re verse, and are again moving to attack Kintang. They are receiving large reinforcements. The rebels are believed to be hemmed 10. MARSEILLES, MAY 20. The Messayeries Imperiales steamer Said, Capt. Burnet, left yesterday with the mails, 43 passen gers, 603 packages of merchandise, and s p ecie value £135,500, for India and China, and 79 p as sengers, 1,112 packages and specie value £7,420 for Alexandria. A LAVA BROTH. We spent Saturday and Sunday at Thingvollum (I have put his name in the right case, though travellers ge nerally use the genitive, but I shall not treat the other names thus). We sketched, fished, and shot—learnt a little of the Icelandic culinary art, too, from the smoke-dried servant of Pastor Simon Beck, and taught her a little about English cookery in return. As the good priest had nothing to give us, and the proceeds of our fishery amounted to one trout, we stood a fair chance of being starved, and the servant maid expressed her concern for us in vehement terms. " Bless your heart, old lady I" said Mr. Briggs, " there is everything needful for making a capital soup scattered broadcast over the country." Then, turning to me, "It is an old joke, Padre ; indeed I fear quite a Joo Miller, yet I'll be bound it is new to the Icelanders.' Then ho called to the servant to bring him two lava blecks of such a size as would go into a saucepan, as he intended to make broth out of them. The woman stared, and pulled out a couple of the stones which formed the hearth. " They will do capitally, put them into the pot I" The woman placed them carefullly where he desired. " Now then," said he, " let them simmer gently; take care that they are not hard boiled, nor burnt at all ; stir, stir away, never be afraid of stirring, it extracts the tilvour l" With the utmost gravity, the servant complied, and kept the spoon revolving in the pot, while Mr. Briggs held his nose over the steam. " They are doing nicely; have you any salt ?" " Ja, ja 1" answered Ehe, and she handed him over a bagful. He poured some in, and let Ler continue the stirring. "Any flour in the house ?" asked my portly friend. " Ja, ja ;" and she handed him a mud full of rye meal. Presently he brought in a couple of tins of Fottnum and Mason's preserved vegetables, and emptied them iu with the stones. " It smells good," said the poor woman, with great so lemnity : "and this is hraun-suppi (lava-broth) I Wonder ful, wonderful!" t' We'll give it a little . extra relish," observ e d M r. Briggs, throwing in some slices of concentrated soup. " Now, old woman, what do you say to my cooking ?" The servant put her fingers into the pot, then sucked them, and put them in again. " Mikit goot" (very good) she muttered, in a sad state of bewilderment : " and all this comes from lava-stones, too. Wonderful, wonderful I" " Now for a bowl," called he, and proceeded to pour our the fluid contents of the saucepan, The smoko-dried servant bore the bowl to the guest-room, and we did ample just,,o to the excellent stone broth, --- CAPE OF GOOD HOPE NAILS. The Golden Fleece, from Calc utta on Feb. 20, Madras, March 6 ; and Table Bay, A p ril 9 ; p assed off here this morning. PLYMOUTH , M a y 20. She brings 19 days later Cape ntivs ; 90 pas sengers from India, and 22 from the Cape ; and a cargo of rice, indi go , an d cotton. At the Cape G ove rnor Wodehouse had re turned to Grah am ' s Town , havin g declined to arbitrate betw een th© Free State and Basutos in their boundary line dispute, because the Free State Yolksraad would not give him unfettered discretion, they stipulating that the Warden boundary line of 1849 should be maintained entirel y . The Governor proposed to assist in suppressing the Frontier Castle thefts, by rigorou sl y enforcing the pass system upon all frontier travellers, without distinction of race, character, or colour. The Colonial Gazette, o f A p ril 8, contained the draft bills of the new me asures proposed by the Governor for the consideration of Parliement, which was to meet cn the 27th April. The most important were a bill for creating a supreme court for the eastern districts, and an appeal court for the colony, a bill for establishing a registry office for all deeds in the eastern districts, and a new road bill, throwing the maintenance of existing roads on the Circle-road boards formed in the districts con cerned. The formation of new roads and passes to be charged to the general colonial revenue as hitherto. Three tamotion bills provide for the existing revenue deficiency. They increase the stamp charges, make l a rger additions to clas ses of documents chargeable with stamps, and impose duties on property, successions, and upon bank notes. With the additional revenue they will bring, the withdrawal of the maintenance of read charges from off the general revenue, the extension of the crown land sales, and a judicious retrenchment, it was hoped to equalise the revenue with the ex penditure. The mission in Moselikatses country was pro gressing favourably. The missionaries were about to make an application to the old chief for Fermis ,ion to establish a station in Matabele country. Her Majesty's ebip Salamander arrived at the Cape on the 28th March, and the Lyra on the 6th April, and were lying with the Conqueror and the Narcissus in Simon's Bay. The Centaur sailed for England on the 3d April. The Pearl arrived at the Cape on the 28th March, and sailed for England on the sth April. The Golden Fleece land her mails and three pas sengers at Plymouth by pilot boat. LITERATURE, Miss Braddou'g New Henry Dunlvor; The Story of an Outcast. By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret." Three v01f3% Second Edition. John Marovoll and Company. Again Miss Braddon has given evidence of her brilliant powers as a novelist. tc Henry Dunbar" justifies her reputation and will extend her popu larity. As a fictitious narrative it is as enthral ling as either of the two meat celebrated, antong her romances—meaning by thou) (need we say it ?) "Aurora Floyd" and "Lady Audley's Secret." But Miss Braddon herself has a Secret no less than her first heroine, Lady Audley—that formid able, delicate, ghostly, ghastly, blue-eyed adven turess, with the golden aureole of hair—a Secret that our authoress would fain guard as long as possible and with as jealous a care as that with which Lady Andley guarded hors even from the prying eyes of Robert Audley, of the Temple, barrister-et -law, and amateur-detettive, in the in terests of his noble-hearted old uncle, the baronet of Andley Court, Lady Audley's deluded husband. Miss Braddon's Secret having, moreover, relation no less directly than Lady Audley's Secret to the ins and outs of a peculiarly horrible murder—the murder which is, us it were, the maiaspring setting in motion all the intricate cogged wheels, (fitting so deftly and accurately, tooth by tooth, one with another) in the wonderously-fabricated machinery of the plot of this new three-volumed novel of " Henry Dunbar." Following the example of " an eminent novelist"—Miss Braddon alludes of course, ae will be recognised upon the instant, to Mr. Wilkie Collins (vide the preface to the " Woman in White")—the authoress of "Henry Dunbar" makes a brief but earnest " appeal to the critics not to de scribe the plot." Having ourselves an especial antipathy to that always unfair system, as it seems to us, of epitomising the plot of a story, by which some reviewers eke out their remarks, without any advantage whatever to their own readers, and certainly with no advantage at all to the intending readers of the novel then nominally under criticism—we should instinctively have abstained from doing the very thing the writer of " Henry Dunbar" would now especially warn us from attempting. We don't care in the least, for cur own part, at any time, in regard to any fiction, to weary ourselves or. our readers by writing a dull matter of fact epitome of the chain of incidents constituting the plot of the imaginative tale submitted to our consideration. And, naturally enough, we should here have less inclination than ever, if that were in any way possible, to undertake any tedious little task of the kind, after the appeal thus addressed to our sense of fair play by our authoress. Common courtesy, in other words, there fore, it might be said, only confirms us in following out the course dictated beforehand by our own individual predilection. Having read the whole of the three volumes throughout, rapidly, yet with the moat eager attention—as we have always found ourselves constrained to do as yet with regard to each successive work from the same gifted hand, from the same pen of glamour and fascination—we shall here remain inscrutably reticent in regard to the inner secret constituting the charm of the pro found interest, colouring, pervading, permeat ing, as one may say, the whole plot of "Henry Dunbar." It is the moat daring idea of a plot that even Miss Braddon has yet adventured upon ! The plot of " Henry Dunbar" having, we are almost tempted to assert this, more audacity and, in some respects, more ingenuity about it, than the audacity and ingenuity woven together in the pictured tissue of " Aurora Floyd" or of " Lady Audley's Secret.' , Here, however, we must let our authores, herself deprecate, after her own inimitable fashion, the censure hitherto lavished overmuch, as it his always seemed to us, upon what, in the cant phrase of the day, is entitled, for want of a better name, the Sensation School of Romance-Writing. Miss Braddon's deprecation of this excessive cen sure being put forth here, very effectively and, at the same time, very briefly, not in her own words, but in words borrowed by her from one of the very greatest of our English classics in imaginative litera ture. That is to say, from:theewritings of Daniel De foe—first among English story-tellers, first among English journalists—that famous author (among other immortal books) of "Robinson Crusoe" and the " History of the Plague of London"—he who was in his time (for writing at once boldly and ex quisitely) subjected to the double indignity of being himself thrown into prison and of having his works burnt by the hands of the com mon hangman ! Quoting from Defoe's writ ings, Miss Braddon here puts forth, in vindication of her own works and of whatever in fluence they may have had upon the tone of cur rent literature, the following "notable declara tion," as she justly calls it, of that Great National Worthy:—" Throughout this book this fundamental is moat strictly adhered to : there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but it is, first or last, ren dered unhappy or unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, bat he is either brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent ; there is not an ill thing mentioned, but it is condemned even in the relation; nor a virtu ous, just thing, but it carries its praise along with it." And by this standard Miss Braddon contents her self with requesting—surely with full reason ? —that her story may be judged, So judging it —so weighing is the balance her former writings, her narrative of " Eleanor's Victory," her world famous romance of " Lady Audley's Secret," above all, what we are still disposed (in spite of our admiration for this enthralling story of " genry Dunbar"), above all, we say, what we are still dis posed to regard as Miss Braddon's masterpiece, her tale of "Aurora Floyd "—we hesitate not, we have all along never once hesitated, to pronounce these so-called sensation stories, in no one jot more dele terious than —even, we will ge so far as to say those drearily didactic, not to say priggish moralis ties, the awfully high-seeiety novels of the late Henry Plummer Ward, author of " Tre maine !" First gift of all in a novelist, we take to be the power of awakening interest, and afterwards of sustaining that interest through the whole course of a fictitious narrative. The which gift is certainly and beyond any doubt of it Miss Braddon's, and her's supremely. What is more—in her, regard— she has no affectations of style: affectations such as are often glaringly apparent in the instance of her brilliant contemporary, Mr. Wilkie Collins. The blue Are is, no doubt, frequently burnt, as one may express it, in the drama tised versions of her stories, as, for exainple, in that closing scene of " Lady Audley " as represented last season on the stage of the St. James's. But the blue fire is never burnt in the stories themselves. There are landscapes in Miss Braddon's narrative that are exqui site specimens of word painting. Her " in terim," too, as mere specimens of genre pictures are often really admirable. Instance this, in her very first novel the description of Audley Court both inside and out—her delineation of the barris ter's bachelor• chambers in the Temple—her limning of the Lime Walk, musical with bees, fragrant with blossoms, twinkling with lights and shadows like the veriest sylvan cloister I And then,the portraits of her different characters—touched off with a lumi nous pencil as though they were sketched with coloured phosphorus—the blonde Lady Audley, already mentioned—the more voluptuous beauty of Aurora Floyd —the manly Yorkshire squire—the aristocratic Cornish cavalry officer—the savage, drunken, red-headed boor of a tavern keeper —the slang dog-fancier—the deformed stable help one and all—alike the refined and the brutalised—she brings before us vividly like so many living and breathing fellow-creatures. As in her former stories, so it is here in this new work of hers, "Henry Dunbar." Whether we are with her in London or in Paris, in the great banking house of St. Gunolph's-lane, the banking house of Dunbar; Dunbar, and Balderby, or for a brief in terval in the atelier of Mr. Kerstall, senior, "Look ing for the Portrait"—whether we are at. Maudsley Abbey or at Socelyn's Rock, down inWarwi9lcshire, the former being Mr. Dunbar'e, the latter Bir Philip Jocelyn's—the loaalities are brought before us in all their details with the comprehensive yei minute vividness d photography. As far the brilliancy of the character-painting in " Henry Dunbar," we shall not rest contented unless our re marks ire at °nee Vaud and justified by a quota tion in the way of exemplar. Here, therefore, is Miss Braddon's charming deliueation of— ng - 71 _ 6111 v , ' HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, May 17. The Queen drove in the morning with her Royal High ness the Princess Helena. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness tho Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove round by the Lynn of Mulch and Birkhall, A DASHING YOLNG BAItORAT. Sir Philip Jocelyn was not what is usually called an intellectual man, He was more warmly inters sted in a Steapleetiase on e:, horicioliqe.tunmoß than in a pamphlet on political economy, even though Mr, Suiatt Mill should himself be the author of the brochure. He thought John Scott a greater man than Maculloch ; and Manton the gun mak et• otty etend to Doctor Jenney as a benefactor of his race. lie found the works of the late Mr. Apperly more entertaining than the last new Idyll from the pen of the Laureate; and was rather at a loss for small-talk when he found hiS fetninine neighbour at a dinner-table was "deeply, darkly, beautifully blue." But the yonng baronet was by no means a fool, notwithstanding these sportsmanlike pro cliVities. The Joeelyns had been hard riders for half-a dozen centuries or so, and crack sh-ifs ever since the inven tion of fire-arms. S'r Philip was a sportsman, but he did not "taint in dreams," and be was prepared to hold his wife a great deal "higher than his horse," whenever he should win that pleasant addition to his household. He was heart-whole; and looking out at life from the oriel Window of his dressing-room, whence he saw nothing but his own land, neatly enclosed in a ring fence, he thought the world, about which some people made such dismal howl ing, was, upot; the whole, an extremely pleasant place, con taining very little that " a fellow" need complain of. He built himself a painting room at Jocelyn's Rock; and whistled to himself for the hour together, as he stood be fore the easel, painting scenes in the hunting-field, or Arab horsemen whom ha had met on the great flat sandy plains beyond Cairo, or brown-faced boys, or bright Italian peasant girls; all sorts of pleasant objects, under cloudless skies of ultra marine, with streaks of orango and vermilion to represent the sunset. Ho was not a great painter, nor indeed was there any element of greatness in his nature; but he painted as recklessly as he rode; his subjects were bright and cheerful ; and his pictures were altogether of the order which unsophisticated people admire and call " pretty." He was a very cheerful young man, and perhaps that cheerfulness was the greatest charm ho possessed. Ho was a man in whom no force of fashion or companionship would ever engender the peevish blase- ness so much affected by modern youth. Did he dance ? Of course he did, and he adored dancing. Did he sing ? Well, he did his best, and had a fine volume of rich bass voice, that sounded re markably well on the water, after a dinner at the Star and Garter, in that dim dewy hour, when the willow-shaded Thames is like a southern lake, and the slow dip of the oars is in itself a kind of melody. Had he been much abroad ? Yes, and he gloried in the Continent; the dear old inconvenient inns, and the extortionate landlords, and the insatiable commissionaires—he revelled in the commis sionaires ; and the dear drowsy slow trains, with an absurd guard, who talks an unintelligible patois, and the other man, who always loses one's luggage I Delicious I And the dear little peasant girls with white caps, who are so divinely pretty when you see them in the distance under a sunny meridian sky, and are so charming in coloured chalk upon tinted paper ; but such miracles of ugliness, corn partitively speaking, when you behold them at close quarters. And the dear jingling diligences, with very little harness to speak of, but any quantity of old rope ; and the bad wines, and the dust, and the cathedrals, and the beggars, and the trente-el-¢uarante tables, and in short every thing. Sir Philip Jocelyn spoke of the universe as a young husband talks of his wife, and was never tired of her beauty or impatient of her faults. The poor about Jocelyn's Rock idolised the young lord of the soil. The poor like happy people, if there is nothing insolent in their happiness. Philip was rich, and he distri buted his wealth right royally; he was happy, and he shared his happiness as freely as he shared his wealth. Ho would divide a case of chcice Manillas with a bed-ridden pensioner in the Union, or carry a bottle of the Jocelyn Madeira— the celebrated Madeira with the brown seal—in the pocket of his shooting-coat, to deliver it into the horny hands of some hard-working mother who was burdened with a sick child. He would sit for an hour together telling an agri cultural labourer of the queer farming he had seen abroad ; and he had stood godfather—by proxy—to half the yellow headed urchins within ten miles radius of Jocelyn's Rock. No taint of vice or dissipation had ever sullied the bright ness of his pleasant life. No wretched country girl had ever cursed his name before she cast herself into the sullen waters of a lonely mill stream. People loved him ; and he deserved their love, and was worthy of their respect. He had taken no high honours at ,Oxford ; but the sternest officials smiled when they spoke of him, and recalled the boyish follies that were associated with his name. A sickly bedmaker had been pensioned for life by him; and the tradesmen who hod served him testified to his merits as a prompt and liberal paymaster. Ido not think that in all his life Philip Jocelyn had ever directly or indirectly caused a pang of pain or sorrow to any human being, un less it was, indeed, to a churlish heir-at-law, who may have looked with a somewhat evil ey© upon the young man's vigorous and healthful aspect, which gave little hope to his possib:e successor. Every word of all this description being to our mind in simplest truth—delightful ! Miss Brad as a humorist, are frequently don's powers, again, in a quiet, subtle manner, very exhillerating. In stence this, her casual remarks upon the discomforts of a Wet Wedding—when the day itself, as Sam Slick would have it, is "juicy"—when the " marble floor," as Dick Swiveller expresses it in his con verse with the Marchioness, is, as one may say (with " sloppy' Dick), decidedly But this aggravating rain baulked everybody. What was the use of throwing wet dahlias and flabby chrysanthemums into the puddles through which the bride must tread, heiress though she was ? How miserable would be the aspect of two rows of damp charity-children, with red noses and no pocket-handkerchiefs I The rector himself had a cold in his head, and would be obliged to omit all the n's and in' t in the marriage service. Or, as a crowning example of Miss Braddon's sense of the humorous, take her version of tho under waiter's opinion of the Head-Waiter, at the hotel in Winchester : " And then Brigmawl, the head-waiter, he gives his evidence; but, lor', sir, without unfriendliness to William Brigmawl, which me and Brigmawl have been fellow servants these eleven year, our head-waiter is that wrapped up in hisself, and his own cravats, and shirt-fronts, and gold studs, and Albeit chain, that he'd scarcely take notice of en earthquake swallering up half the world before his eyes, unless the muck and dirt of that earthquake was to spoil his clothes. William Brigmawl has been head-waiter in this house upon thirty year ; and beyond a stately way of banging-to a carriage door, or showing visitors to their room, or poking a fire, and a kind of knack of leading on timid people to order expensive wines, I really don't see Brigmawl's great merit. But as to . Brigmawl at an inquest, he's about as much good as the Pope of Rome." Precluded not only from describing any portion whatever of this profoundly interesting plot of " Henry Dunbar," but even from commenting upon it with anything like particularity, we content ourselves with simply remarking that the interest of the tale never once flags throughout. Margaret Wilmot and Laura Dunbar are the two lovely heroines of the story—the former the lowlier of the two—it is difficult to say which the lovelier ! Clement Austin, the bank cashier, and Sir Philip Jocelyn, the handsome young baronet above de scribed, are the claimants of their hands respectively —Philip of Laura's, Clement of Margaret's. The Mr. Bucket of the tale is one Carter. The Robert Audley, in regard to the murderer here, is Clement Austin aforesaid. As for the murderer himself and the murdered—" there by hangs a tale"—this enthralling tale of " Henry Dunbar." Knowing the fascination hitherto exercised over her reader's mind by Miss Braddon —as a Novelist endowed with a sort of Witchery-- we cannot wonder in the least at the publisher's annoancement of the exhaustion of the first edition of her ne. w book upon the very day of its publication. The singular glamour exercised by the book itself, however, will fully j ustify this its instant and eager acceptance. It is gracefully inscribed by the authoress to Mr. Buckstone, the popular comedian and playwright. It is but another precursor, let us still hepe, of yet more of these enthralling fictions from the same pen of fascination, a pen by which vice and crime are never glossed over, and one by which, if probability is occasionally defied, possi bility is never outraged. A BROKEN HEART.—A case of death from broken heart actually took place in this city. A man named Thomas Meehan, a native of the county of Kilkenny, Ire land', residing in Lafayatte-street, San Francisco, received a letter from his native place, informing him that his father's house had been destroyed by fire, and that his father, mother, two sisters, and a brother had perished in the flames. He read the letter, turned pale, clutched con vulsively at his breast, and fell dead. The ccroner was called, and an autopsy revealed that death was cau3cd by a rupture of the heart,--California Paper, The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday fore noon, attended by Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess bt Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Major Teesdale, went to the bazaar in aid of the French Protestant Free School, at St. James's Hall, The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, Their royal highnesses had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Russian Ambassador and Ba roness Brunnow, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Maria Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Bowmont, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Countess of Morton, Viscount Hamilton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord Harris, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. Percy and Lady Louisa Feilding, the Hon. William and Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant 'General and Mrs, Knollys, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Holzmann, and Major Teesdals. The band of the Ist Lifo Guards was in attendance, and played a selection of music, under the direction of Mr. Waterson, the bandmaster. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Seott, Lord and Lady Overstone, and a large party are staying on a visit to the Marquis arid Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley House, near Stamford. The Duke of Argyll returns to town to-day from the North. The duchess has returned to Campdeu Hill, from staying with the Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland at Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland has arrived at Chiswick House from Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa hays arrived at the Burlington Hotel, .Burlington-stnet, fro* Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, for the season. The Earl and Countess Spencer have arrived at Vienna from Athens, on their way home from Egypt. We are happy to learn that the health of Lord Spencer has greatly improved. The Earl and Countess of Zetland entertained the Duke of Leinster, the Duke of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lady Laura Phipps, Lady Caroline Kerriscn, Lord George and Lady Adoliza Manners, Lord and Lady De Manley, Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr Greville, &a., at dinner yesterday evening at their mansion Arlington-street. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at tho St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday from Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble viscount has nearly regained his customary health and strength. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs, Gladstone and family arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. Sir Robert and Lady Gerard and Mr. F. Gerard have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel for the season. Sir Frederick Jefferson, Bart., has arrived at, the Portland Hotel, Southsea. The Right Hors. Nisbitt Hamilton has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Mrs. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. A marriage has been arranged between Lieut.- Colonel Campbell, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, son of Mr. Campbell of Blythswood, and the Hon. Miss Caringten, daughter of Lord and Lady Carington. CABINET COUNCIL. —Summonses have been issued for a meeting of the Cabinet Ministers tomorrow, at Lord Palmerston's official residence in Downing• street. HERR ERNST has addressed to us a eommunica• tion, in which, speaking of Herr Joachim's phrase " dear master," the former explains that phrase in no way to signify the fact that Herr Joachim was his pupil, the expression having been gracefully employed by the brother artist as an indication of his homage for Herr Ernst's mastery of his art. Herr Ernst also adds that he should have been proud to have had for his pupil one of the most distinguished representatives of the musical art, and one who stands alone in his peculiar style as a violinist. YES OR No ?—Let Mr. Stansfeld reply to these questions, says the 'Standard ;—Did Joseph Maz zini write that account which was published of his famous interview with Gallenga ? Did he hear his proposal to stab the King of Italy ? Did he provide him with money to carry him upon his nefarious errand ? Did he coldly argue with him, as he says, upon the point, whether or not the time selected for the bloody deed were propitious ? Did he point to the knife with the handle of lapislazuli, " which he much prized," and bid Sciandra take it ? Did he not know it was to be driven into the heart of Charles Albert whenever an opportunity occurred ? If he did he was as guilty of plotting a deliberate, cowardly, and infamous murder as Lady Macbeth was of conspiring to slay King Duncan. If he did not, let Mazzini disavow his own nar rative; let Mr. Stansfeld exonerate him from having written it ; let him stand forward " upon his honour and conscience," and declare that the criminal, wicked, das tardly scheme was never plotted. When he does this, vio will take him upon his word ; until he does it, a mystery of prevarication remains, which not even the tesaimonial or the speech at Halifax will dissipate; for that knife which Mazzini gave to Sciandra, wherewith to murder 0 , mare suffice to refute whole columns of braggart declamatioa• MR ROEBUCK AND THE DUKE OF ARGYLE A T SHEFFIELD.—At a public meeting held in the hall of the Mechanic's institute at Sheffield, on Wednesdays his Grace the Duke of Argyle and Mr. Roebuck addressed' a numerous audience on the occasion of the assembling of delegates of the Yorkshire Mechanics' Institute. Th e Duke of Argyle, in a long and eloquent speech, which WO frequently applauded during its delivery, and which at its conclusion elicited the most enthusiastic and long continue d signs of approbation, treated mainly of the probable in troduction of a larger measure of Government ago* . towards the education of the working class. Mr Roebuck followed in the same line of argument, declaring his opinion that the State ought to be, and before DI would be, extensively introduced f or the purpose ° facilitating the education of the working poor. He also referred to the introduction of the Factory Act, which $ 0.14 regarded at that time as an interference of the State betweela the employer and the employed; but he said that observe'' tion and experience taught him his error ; that as soon s' 4 he had seen reeson to change his mind upon that important question, he got up and delivered his recantation in t ir House of Commons; and that wh en h e h a d d one B o y late Sir James Graham laid his hand upon bis (ilr. W e i ; buck's) shoulder and said---" I am glad that you have re ad your recantation, and 1 will read mine to-auorrow." (I 1° ; hear.) al r. Roebuck complained of the apathy of the enast e class of Sheffield and its neighbourhood with respect to the . many admirable organisations for introducing inte llectual pleasures to their workpeople. lightning thunder, heavy storm of _lghtni thunder, and rain passed over portions of Yorkshire on Monday afternoon last. The rain was heavy at Halifasry Otley, and Harrogate, and in the neighbourhood of these towns. The visitation was also heavy in Swaledale, in th e North Riding and the river Swale became suddenly "701101 to such a degree as has not been paralleled in memory. The sudden rise of water was most destructivo rn its effects, as, being a mountain stream, the Swale wh en s wollen rushes with great imp e t uos i ty. The inhabitan ttao ,- - massesriverßichmond ofwere timber r n dt anda d several v da e ew r b a a: l I. seplaceso f a the storm by ewater, coursen e g which i Lh° 0 borne past the had risen a height of severa l feet. The old bridge of Itie"h: along t byth sei o Ig cia. mond was for a while almost dammed up by trees, i arg i stones, and mud, which came down the stream. S evere pigs pigs and sheep an d a b ullock were also borne past b3' e re impetuous wate rs . N ear Richmond-bridge some boys W e d bathing, and had only just time to escape before the d r e e e ck One of them, i n d ee d , l ost some of h i s clothes. The w the of a wooden bridge was also noticed. The rain fell i_nrot, extreme part of north-west Yorkshire, bordering on . w rally n'oreland, heavy masses of dark clouds having ht .° r poured their contents in the valley through which the 2 1 60 , flows. The road between Arkenaale and Barnard u a too was partly washed away, and in the same vicinity a seriu and wooden bridge were quite carried away. The w 3 .. t ad it the river had been extremely low for several days; 10 . is believed the cattle that were lost must have been hr ° oo ing near the bed of the stream, and had not time to cobi pat before the flood was upon them. At Reeth the riv'' r at its bounds and flawed through some pa r t o f the plaice, p happily no human lives were lost. - THE NEW TATTERSALL'S,—Long ere the Dj b l. of 1865, and probably before this year's St- ye„ of shall have come off, the new building now in C ours- °- theerection, which is to be substituted for the existing Tat sallg, will be open and in full o p era tion. The Bi te °f th t new edifice is on the west side of Knightsbridga-green'va more than halt a mile from Hyde-park corner, and 0 10 y rious departments are most conveniently arranged. 6- v '. r d , noble archway forms the main entrance, leading on on° to the subscription saloon, a lofty, w ell ventilated.' an 6%, cions apartment, laid with beautiful encaustic tile s • ft eo o r o r r i s de e r f e theangd gallerieseneral abl a e r s e , afosralso thep• the pur l o o s o e s a o damp, laid with Armani and Co.'s pa tent metallic lai. These stables', &c , are ranged around the spatious quEti tangle which is to form the arena for the rostrum, and showing off the horses offered for ifale, orxee;e,:it 0 1 i_"gs. I